EP3083490B1 - Procédé de production d'un gaz ammoniac de synthèse - Google Patents

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EP3083490B1
EP3083490B1 EP14821568.4A EP14821568A EP3083490B1 EP 3083490 B1 EP3083490 B1 EP 3083490B1 EP 14821568 A EP14821568 A EP 14821568A EP 3083490 B1 EP3083490 B1 EP 3083490B1
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  • the invention relates to reforming of hydrocarbons for the preparation of a synthesis gas, also named syngas, for the production of ammonia.
  • ammonia syngas The synthesis of ammonia (NH 3 ) requires a synthesis gas comprising hydrogen (H 2 ) and nitrogen (N 2 ) in a suitable ratio of about 3:1.
  • ammonia syngas will be used with reference to a synthesis gas with the above composition.
  • US 4 296 085 discloses a process for producing ammonia from a desulfurized hydrocarbon containing feedstock available at a pressure of at least 30 bars, comprising: dividing said feedstock into two fractions; subjecting only the first fraction from to a primary steam reforming reaction; combining the gaseous effluent from said primary steam reforming with the second fraction of the feedstock; reacting the mixture in a secondary reforming reactor. Purification takes place in a high-temperature shift converter with iron-based catalyst and then in a low-temperature shift converter.
  • a relevant parameter of the reforming process in the molar steam to carbon ratio that is the ratio between the moles of carbon introduced with the hydrocarbon feedstock and the moles of steam.
  • the most common prior art is to operate the primary reformer with a high steam to carbon ratio, that is greater than 2.6 and usually in the range 2.8 - 3.5, to avoid damage of the iron-based catalyst of the HTS converter.
  • US 2010/199682 discloses a process for the production of hydrogen with total recovery of CO2 and reduction of unconverted methane.
  • EP 2 404 869 discloses: a process for producing ammonia synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, the process comprising the steps of primary reforming said feedstock with steam, secondary reforming with an oxidant stream, and further treatment of the synthesis gas involving at least shift, removal of carbon dioxide and methanation, wherein the synthesis gas produced by said secondary reforming is subject to a medium-temperature shift at a temperature between 200 and 350 °C, and said primary reforming is operated with a steam-to-carbon ratio lower than 2.
  • the amount of gas processed in the primary reformer can be increased.
  • the need to compensate by introduction of enriched air or oxygen in the secondary reformer may negatively balance the above advantage, due to the higher investment cost of the relevant air separation unit. More generally, there is a continuous incentive to reduce the size and cost of expensive equipment like the secondary reformer and the air separation unit.
  • the purpose of the invention is to overcome the above drawbacks.
  • the process comprises the steps of primary reforming said feedstock with steam, secondary reforming with an oxidant stream, and further treatment of the synthesis gas involving at least shift and removal of carbon dioxide, and is characterized in that the synthesis gas produced by said secondary reforming, optionally added with steam, is subject to a medium-temperature shift over a copper-based catalyst, and the global steam to carbon ratio of the process is not greater than 2.
  • the global steam to carbon ratio is determined by the total amount of the moles of steam over the moles of carbon introduced with the feedstock.
  • steam is added in multiple stages of the process.
  • a first amount of steam is added before the primary reforming (possibly including a pre-reforming step), and a second amount of steam is added before the medium-temperature shift conversion.
  • the medium-temperature shift conversion is preferably isothermal, which means that heat is removed by a suitable heat exchanger immersed in the catalyst.
  • the catalyst is preferably a copper-zinc catalyst.
  • the temperature of the shift conversion is preferably in the range 200 to 300 °C and more preferably around 250 °C.
  • Oxydant stream for the secondary reforming may include air, oxygen-enriched air or substantially pure oxygen.
  • the substantially pure oxygen is understood as oxygen as obtainable from an air separation unity, and has preferably a purity equal to or greater than 95%.
  • a low ratio that is less than 1 and possibly around 0.5, can be adopted especially in embodiments with a pre-reformer. Then, the subsequent introduction of steam before the shift conversion helps to convert the carbon monoxide and produce hydrogen as desired.
  • a portion of the hydrocarbon feedstock is made to by-pass the primary reforming stage and (when provided) the pre-reforming stage.
  • Said bypass provides an additional degree of freedom in determining the local steam to carbon ratio, a primary reforming stage by-passed by some of the feedstock is brought to operate under a ratio of 2.5 to 3, while the global ratio is kept at a value of 2 or lower.
  • the preferred embodiments are in accordance with the attached claims.
  • the invention provides embodiments with or without a pre-reforming.
  • a fraction of the feedstock bypasses the primary reforming section, either with or without a pre-reforming.
  • the feedstock is divided into two fractions.
  • a first fraction is directed to the pre-reforming and primary reforming, and a second fraction by-passes both the pre-reforming and primary reforming and is fed to the secondary reforming together with the effluent of primary reforming.
  • the effluent of the pre-reforming stage is divided into two fractions, a first fraction is directed to the primary reforming step and a second fraction bypasses said pre-reforming step and is rejoined with the effluent thereof.
  • a further amount of steam can be optionally added to said first fraction.
  • said pre-reformer can be operated at a lower steam to carbon ratio, as low as 0.5.
  • a pre-reformer is operated at low S/C ratio of 1 to 1.5. Steam is added upstream the MTS to reach an overall S/C of about 2 and improve the conversion of CO on the MTS catalyst.
  • some of the feedstock by-passes around the pre-reformer and reformer is added at the inlet of a secondary reformer or autothermal reformer with little or no steam, to reduce the S/C ratio in the reforming area. Additional steam is introduced upstream MTS but to a low overall S/C of about 2, to improve the conversion of CO. The amount of additional steam depends on the amount of natural gas bypassed around the reformer.
  • some of the feedstock preferably at least 40-50%, by-passes around a primary steam reformer, operated at S/C ratio of about 2.7-3, which can be done without a pre-reformer. Steam is added upstream the MTS but to a low overall S/C ratio of about 2.
  • all the incoming feedstock is pre-reformed at low S/C ratio of 0.5 to 1.5, then some of pre-reformed gas by-passes the primary reformer. Steam is added upstream the primary reformer and upstream the MTS, but to a low overall S/C ratio of less than 2.
  • All the embodiments of the invention may include steps of carbon dioxide removal and optionally of methanation.
  • Further process steps may be provided to purify the synthesis gas, in particular to remove methane, unreacted hydrocarbons or inert gases. Said further steps may include any of: cryogenic separation, pressure-swing adsorption, or equivalent. In some embodiments, Inert gases and methane can be removed from the purge gas taken from the synthesis loop, with a known treatment such as for example a cryogenic process.
  • the advantages of the invention include a reduced size of cost-intensive equipment including the reformers, the related piping which operates under high temperature and pressure, and the air separation unit which provides oxygen-enriched air or pure oxygen.
  • the invention provides a better and optimized exploitation of the various sections, thanks to the fact that the steam to carbon ratio can be locally modified, e.g. featuring a pre-reformer with a low ratio or a primary reformer with a higher ratio, while the global ratio is kept at a desired value by means of the addition of steam before the medium-temperature shift stage.
  • a procedure for revamping of an ammonia plant comprising a front-end for production of a ammonia synthesis gas, and a synthesis loop for reaction of said synthesis gas into ammonia, said front-end comprising at least a primary steam reformer, a secondary reformer, a high-temperature shift converter, said procedure comprising at least the steps of: replacing said shift converter with a medium-temperature shift converter with copper-based catalyst, or modifying the existing high-temperature shift converter for operation at medium temperature and with a copper-based catalyst; regulation of said steam line and other steam lines of the plant, if any, in such a way that the revamped plant operates with a global steam to carbon ratio which is not greater than 2.
  • said procedure comprises also: the provision of at least one steam line arranged to feed steam to the effluent of the secondary reformer, before admission to the shift converter.
  • the procedure may comprise also the provision of a bypass line around the primary reforming section, for a portion of feedstock.
  • the procedure may comprise the provision of a bypass line around a primary reformer, for a portion of the effluent of a pre-reformer upstream the primary reformer.
  • the procedure of revamping involves passing from high-temperature shift (HTS) to medium-temperature shift (MTS). This can be done by replacing an existing HTS reactor with a medium-temperature shift reactor, or modifying the HTS reactor for operation at medium temperature and with the appropriate catalyst.
  • HTS high-temperature shift
  • MTS medium-temperature shift
  • the medium-temperature shift reactor is preferably isothermal. Then, the revamping may involve for example one of the following alternatives:
  • the heat exchanger is preferably a plate heat exchanger.
  • a pre-reforming section can be added upstream an existing primary steam reformer.
  • the procedure may further comprise the increasing of the amount of oxygen directed to a secondary reformer, by any of the following measures: a) feeding excess air to said secondary reformer; b) providing enrichment of air fed to the secondary reformer; c) feeding substantially pure oxygen to the secondary reformer.
  • the revamping of the plant may provide that: a) the existing air feed to the secondary reformer is modified to provide a larger air input, or b) a suitable equipment for air enrichment is installed, or c) a suitable source of substantially pure oxygen is installed, if not available.
  • Said steps may involve the modification or replacement of piping, valves, auxiliary equipments, etc... according to known art.
  • further equipments for syngas purification may be installed, to provide any of the following: cryogenic separation of excess methane and/or nitrogen in the ammonia syngas; separation of excess nitrogen, if any, by an adsorption process such as PSA; increasing the purge loop form the synthesis loop, to provide removal of inert gases and residual methane.
  • An increase of capacity may be obtained without modifying the internals of the primary reformer if, further to provision of MTS reactor instead of the original HTS reactor, one or more of the following measures are taken:
  • the revamping procedure may include, when necessary, the installation of the related equipments, such as air separation unit for air enrichment or oxygen feed, cryogenic separator, PSA separation section.
  • the method may include also the revamping of the syngas main compressor, synthesis reactor, and other equipments, to process the augmented flow rate of syngas delivered by the front-end.
  • the syngas flow delivered by the revamped front end may contain less nitrogen than required to react the stoichiometric ratio 3:1 for synthesis of NH 3 .
  • the missing nitrogen may be furnished as a separate stream, which is added to the syngas preferably at suction side or delivery side of the main syngas compressor. Said nitrogen stream could be generated by an air separation unit.
  • Fig. 1 discloses a scheme of a front-end for generation of ammonia synthesis gas, comprising: a primary reforming section which includes a pre-reformer 10 and a primary reformer 11; a secondary reformer 12; a medium-temperature shift (MTS) converter 13.
  • the pre-reformer, primary reformer and secondary reformer are also denoted by symbols PRE, REF_1 and REF_2.
  • the synthesis gas 14 leaving said MTS converter 13 is normally treated in a carbon dioxide removal section.
  • said gas 14 can be further treated in an optional low-temperature shift (LTS) section, before the step of carbon dioxide removal, to maximize the conversion of the carbon monoxide into CO 2 .
  • LTS low-temperature shift
  • the synthesis gas can be further purified by methanation or a cryogenic process.
  • a feed 20 of a gaseous hydrocarbon feedstock such as desulphurized natural gas is mixed with a first amount of steam 21 and admitted to the pre-reformer 10.
  • the effluent of said pre-reformer 10 passes to the primary reformer 11 and then the effluent 22 of said primary reformer 11 is added with oxygen-containing stream 23 to form the input stream 24 of the secondary reformer 12.
  • the effluent 25 of said secondary reformer 12 is added with a second amount of steam 26 to form the input stream 27 of the MTS converter 13.
  • the oxygen-containing stream 23 may be air, enriched air or substantially pure oxygen, according to various embodiments of the invention.
  • said stream 23 is oxygen with a purity of 95% or greater.
  • the MTS converter 13 may comprise one or more isothermal catalytic reactors, comprising a copper-based catalytic bed and a plate heat exchanger immersed in the catalytic bed.
  • the amount of feedstock 20 and of the first steam 21 is such to operate the pre-reformer 10 and the primary reformer 11 at a steam to carbon ratio of 1 to 1.5.
  • the further addition of steam 26 brings the global steam to carbon ratio to a higher value which is however not greater than 2 according to the invention.
  • Fig. 2 shows an embodiment where the incoming feedstock 20 is divided into a first portion 28 and a second portion 29. Said second portion 29 by-passes the primary reforming section, that is the pre-reformer 10 and the primary reformer 11. Said second portion 29 of the feedstock is then re-joined with the effluent 22 of the primary reformer 11, before the admission to the secondary reformer 12.
  • the amount of additional steam 26, in this embodiment depends on the amount of natural gas 29 bypassed around the primary reforming section: the larger the bypass stream 29, the larger the amount of steam 26.
  • Fig. 3 shows another embodiment with pre-reforming where the full amount of fresh feedstock 20 and steam 21 is fed to a pre-reformer 10; the effluent 30 of the pre-reforming is divided into two fractions 31 and 32. Only the first fraction 31 is fed to the primary reformer 11, while the second fraction 32 by-passes the primary reformer and is re-joined with the effluent thereof.
  • the first fraction 31 may be optionally added with an amount of steam 33 before admission to the primary reformer 11, to adjust the steam-to-carbon ratio.
  • the pre-reformer 10 can run at a very low steam to carbon ratio.
  • the steam to carbon ratio of the primary reformer 11 is regulated by the amount of bypass 32 and steam 33, while the global ratio is further adjusted by the steam 26.
  • Fig. 4 shows an embodiment without pre-reforming.
  • a portion 29 of feedstock 20 by-passes the primary reformer 11 and is joined with its effluent 22.
  • the portion 29 is a relevant portion of the total amount of feedstock 20, such as 40% or more.
  • the primary reformer 11 is operated at a high steam to carbon ratio (e.g. around 2.7) while the global ratio computing also the fraction 29 and the other steam input(s), such as the steam line 26, is not greater than 2.
  • Fig. 5 shows an embodiment without additional input of steam 26. Accordingly, all the steam enters via line 21 mixed with the feedstock 20. A portion of the feedstock 20 by-passes the primary reformer 11.
  • steam line 26 is an optional feature also in the embodiments of Figs. 2, 3 and 4 .
  • the global steam-to-carbon ratio is not greater than 2, whilst the steam-to-carbon ratio in the primary reformer (possibly with a pre-reformer) may be higher due to the carbon by-pass of line 29 or 32.

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  1. Procédé pour produire de l'ammoniac gazeux de synthèse à partir d'une charge de départ contenant des hydrocarbures (20), le procédé comprenant les étapes de : reformage primaire avec de la vapeur (21), reformage secondaire avec un courant d'oxydant (23), et purification de l'effluent dudit reformage secondaire, ladite purification comprenant une étape de conversion catalytique (13) de monoxyde de carbone, le procédé étant caractérisé en ce que :
    le gaz de synthèse (25) produit par ledit reformage secondaire est soumis à une conversion à température moyenne sur un catalyseur à base de cuivre, et
    une fraction de la charge de départ contourne le reformage primaire, le rapport de la vapeur au carbone dans le reformage primaire est de 2,5 à 3, et de la vapeur est éventuellement ajoutée dans de multiples étapes du procédé,
    dans lequel le rapport de la vapeur globale au carbone dans le procédé, qui est la quantité totale de moles de vapeur sur les moles de carbone introduites avec la charge de départ, n'est pas supérieur à 2.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le gaz de synthèse (25) produit par ledit reformage secondaire est additionné de vapeur (26), et le flux ainsi obtenu (27) de gaz de synthèse additionné de vapeur est soumis à ladite conversion à température moyenne.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, ladite étape de conversion à température moyenne étant mise en œuvre dans un état pratiquement isotherme.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, ladite étape de conversion à température moyenne étant mise en œuvre à une température située dans la plage allant de 200 à 300°C.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, ledit courant d'oxydant étant l'un quelconque parmi l'air, l'air enrichi en O2 et l'oxygène pratiquement pur.
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, ledit courant d'oxydant étant de l'oxygène ayant une pureté de 95 % ou plus.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, ledit reformage primaire comprenant une étape de pré-reformage.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, ledit reformage primaire avec l'étape de pré-reformage étant opéré avec un rapport de la vapeur au carbone compris entre 1 et 1,5.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans lequel la charge de départ est divisée en une première fraction et une deuxième fraction, ladite première fraction (28) est dirigée vers le pré-reformage et le reformage primaire, et ladite deuxième fraction (29) contourne l'étape de reformage primaire et est rejointe par l'effluent du reformage primaire, avant admission dans le reformage secondaire.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 7, dans lequel l'effluent (30) de l'étage de pré-reformage est divisé en deux fractions, une première fraction (31) est dirigée vers l'étape de reformage primaire et une deuxième fraction (32) contourne ladite étape de reformage primaire et est rejointe par l'effluent provenant de ladite étape de reformage primaire.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, dans lequel une certaine quantité de vapeur (33) est ajoutée à ladite première fraction (31).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 10 ou 11, ladite étape de pré-reformage étant opérée avec un rapport de la vapeur au carbone de 0,5 à 1,5.
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, ledit reformage primaire étant mis en œuvre sans étape de pré-reformage.
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 13, dans lequel une partie de la charge de départ (29) contourne ledit reformage primaire, ladite partie représentant de préférence 40 % ou plus de la charge de départ.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, ledit reformage primaire étant mis en œuvre avec un rapport de la vapeur au carbone situé dans la plage allant de 2,7 à 3.
  16. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre une étape de purification du gaz de synthèse après la conversion à température moyenne, comprenant une ou plusieurs des suivantes : une conversion à basse température, une élimination du dioxyde de carbone, une séparation cryogénique, ou une étape de traitement d'adsorption, de préférence une adsorption modulée en pression.
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